Download or read book Accounting Innovation (RLE Accounting) written by Hugh Coombs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period 1835-1935 saw the development of the structure of local government which remains broadly intact today and also the growth of modern financial reporting procedures. This book examines the accounting implications of these developments and places them within the social and organisational contexts in which the events took place. The research is based on the contents of government reports, contemporary literature dating from the mid 1870s and the archival records of five municipal corporations – Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff and Manchester.